A couple of weeks ago I was “twitterviewed” * by Lance Godard of 22Twts fame. It covered both professional and personal stuff and, if you haven’t got any paint drying and don’t feel the need for root canal surgery, why not read the interview by clicking here?
* A Twitterview is a live interview on Twitter in 22 questions. It’s a great thing to do – thanks for inviting me Lance.
For those of you on Twitter I am being twitterviewed tonight by 22Twts. If you haven’t come across one yet, a Twitterview is a series of (22) questions posed by Lance Godard and my responses, in real time, on Twitter. Lance asks some really interesting and high-profile people to do his Twitterviews so I’m delighted to be asked to take part and be in such august company.
It starts at 20.00 GMT and please take a look when I will be revealing my deepest darkest secrets, or something, as well as talking about Dale Langley & Co and employment law. I don’t think Hello or Ok magazines will be terribly interested though.
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One of the side-effects of blogging that isn’t often mentioned is the effect it has on one’s IT knowledge. I think I’m beginning to understand what’s going on “under the bonnet”, as it were.
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The excellent employment law website Emplaw informed me that the House of Lords was only around as the final court of appeal for a mere 610 years. Labour’s Constitutional Reform Act 2005 did away with the House of Lords as a Court, with the intent of trying to ensure there was a proper separation of powers between legislature and judiciary. Apparently the last Law Lord to meddle in politics was one William Le Scroope, who was beheaded for his trouble. I don’t suppose there is any chance of a similar fate befalling those politicians who try and interfere in legal matters for a cheap headline: I’m particularly thinking of Harriet Harman who weighed into the dispute over Sir Fred Goodwin’s enormous pension by threatening to “take action”. No such luck I suppose.
Statutory redundancy pay (SRP) increases by the rate of inflation every February and this year’s increase saw it rise to £350 per year of service. However, unusually, in the last budget the Chancellor increased it again to £380 per week, although he did not specify a date for the implementation. He has now done so and, from 1st October next, the increase will take effect. The measure was introduced to provide greater support to those people made redundant; whether it will do that seems unlikely in most cases, whilst increasing the burden on employers.
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On 6th May my colleagues Jill Watson and Nicola Penny are running the 5k ”Race for Life” in Battersea Park.
They are raising money for Cancer Research UK. If you are able, please donate – Jill is an experienced runner but Nicola is braving blisters for her first ever run. The link is below;
http://www.raceforlifesponsorme.org/jillandnicola
In July to prove what a fit lot the firm is we will be sending out a team on the Chase Challenge here in the City. More on that later on.
And whilst there may well be music and moonlight and love and romance somewhere, HR bods and employment lawyers probably won’t be looking forward to facing the music (or dancing for that matter) when it comes to dealing with the Employment Act 2008. It comes into force (or should that be farce?) on the 6th April and repeals the hugely criticised Employment Act 2002. In fact, there definitely will be trouble ahead.
A report in The Guardian earlier this week highlighted again the risk to employees in lying or covering up information on job application forms. Cheltenham Borough Council is suing its former managing director, Christine Laird, in the High Court because she allegedly failed to tell them that she had a history of depression when she took the job. In this instance Ms Laird disputes her liability and is fighting the claim.